Oklahoma definite outsider in this College Football Playoff
ATLANTA — No team in the College Football Playoff has claimed more national titles than Oklahoma.
Year-end sports quiz. Your scholarship as a fan is at stake
Your scholarship as a sports fan is up for renewal. Not to worry. Just answer a dozen questions from 2019 and you're on your way. The passing grade? T...
Wake Forest, Michigan State set for chilly Pinstripe Bowl
Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson attended the same college as members of the Steinbrenner family and even got to meet "The Boss." That would be, of cour...
Wake Forest set to play Michigan State in Pinstripe Bowl
Pinstripe Bowl: Michigan State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (8-4), Friday at 3:30 p.m. EST (ESPN).
LSU’s Edwards-Helaire still mending, a no-show for media day
ATLANTA — Clyde Edwards-Helaire was a no-show at the Peach Bowl media day on Thursday, another indicator No. 1 LSU's leading rusher could miss the pla...
AP source: White Sox agree to deal with Edwin Encarnación
CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox have agreed to a $12 million, one-year contract with veteran slugger Edwin Encarnación, a person familiar with the neg...
From AirPods to airing it out: Murray learns the ways of NFL
TEMPE, Ariz. — Quarterback Kyler Murray spent his rookie season with the Arizona Cardinals dealing with issues big and small: Becoming a leader, readi...
49ers-Seahawks showdown for NFC West has 1 team undermanned
The NFC West will be decided Sunday night in the NFL's final game of the regular season. Too bad only one of the participants has anything close to it...
Perfect fit: Playoff teams’ in-house hires getting it done
Former Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips made a deal with Dabo Swinney when he decided to make him the Tigers head football coach.
McDonald leads Hawaii to 38-34 win over BYU in Hawaii Bowl
HONOLULU — Cole McDonald capped a stellar performance with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Nick Mardner with 1:17 remaining, and Hawaii beat BYU 38-34 on ...
Ravens, Saints, 49ers are top 3 teams in AP Pro32 poll
NEW YORK — Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens have already made plenty of history this season.
For McCourty twins, Christmas is about family again
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Christmas has always been about tradition for Devin McCourty: Dressing the kids in matching onesies, letting them open one present...
Steelers QB Rudolph done for season, Hodges to start finale
PITTSBURGH — Mason Rudolph's star-crossed season is over. The Pittsburgh Steelers placed the second-year quarterback on injured reserve on Tuesday, tw...
Karma Had a Hand in Top 5 ‘Feel-Good’ Sports Moments of 2019
Karma had a career year in 2019.
Ode to Sports: Pats & Nats, a roster from A(stros) to Z(ion)
A year now passes. How’d I know?
Year sees Day rise from unknown assistant to celebrity coach
COLUMBUS, Ohio — At a crowded news conference last December, Ryan Day sat next to Ohio State legend Urban Meyer whose sudden decision to retire oversh...
Playoff matchups: OU slowdown vs LSU; Clemson keys on Young
The four College Football Playoff teams rank in the top five nationally in points per game and yards per game.
Packers clinch NFC North with 23-10 win over Vikings
MINNEAPOLIS — Sporting fresh division title shirts that few expected them to wear this year, the Green Bay Packers had the message printed across thei...
Curt Flood set off the free-agent revolution 50 years ago
NEW YORK — Curt Flood set off the free-agent revolution 50 years ago Tuesday with a 128-word letter to baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, two paragraph...
Feeling of doom envelops Garrett, underachieving Cowboys
Even though the Dallas Cowboys still have a path to the playoffs, there's a feeling of inevitability in one of the most disappointing seasons for Jerr...
Plays of the year: 2019 had a flair for the dramatic
Thousands of pro games, hundreds of thousands of college games, millions of high school games and billions of youth-league, rec-league, bar-league and...
Online classes keep football players out of academic fray
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow is a hero on LSU's Baton Rouge campus, but he hasn't seen much of it because he took graduate course...
NFL ICYMI: Bengals take care of business, clinch top pick
They tried to give it away. But when the Cincinnati Bengals really needed to come through, they did.
Pay tribute to Eagles as NFL playoffs approach
Of all the teams already in the playoffs and the ones that might make it, there's one that exemplifies all that can be right about sports.
Rookie QBs Haskins, Murray leave games with injuries
Dwayne Haskins was knocked out of Washington's game Sunday with an ankle injury but wants to end his rookie season on the field.
Saints chasing NFC’s top seed rally to beat Titans 38-28
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Last week Drew Brees took his latest turn writing his name into the NFL record book. Now Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas has gr...
Ravens win 11th straight, clinch top seed in AFC playoffs
CLEVELAND — The road to the Super Bowl in the AFC goes through Baltimore, where its MVP candidate will be waiting.
Cousins, Vikings seek redemption from rough game vs. Packers
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings had moved into position for the go-ahead touchdown at Green Bay in the fourth quarter of their Week 2 meeting, wit...
Patriots beat Bills 24-17, win 11th straight AFC East crown
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady passed for 271 yards and a touchdown, sneaked for a third-down conversion to set up another score and threw a downfield ...
AP Exclusive: Computer plate umps allowed in new labor deal
NEW YORK — Computer plate umpires could be called up to the major leagues at some point during the next five seasons.